Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-14
fight took place between the police srd
railroad strikers. There WAS


NO ADVANCE GUARD OF POLICE.
Chief Marshal Charles Hepp with two
aids led the way. There we're 10 red
bat simple black clothes and grape on
their arms. Then came 8 briIlisntly
dressed corps OF musicians dressed in the
c0lorS OF the Germsn army, we9ring On
their heads spiked helmets. II was 8
strange scene. The band master carried
Z sword in his hand and bore
a striking resemblance 20 King VIII
lism, of Prussis. AS this band passed
the steps of the hall which WAS open and
filed with drinking men, it struck up e
dirge, IS did in fact every other band in
the procession, and there were Of lesst
tfteen Of them. Following the first corps
OF musicians walked the defense commit
tee, who had charge OF collecting funds
with which 1t was hoped to save the reds
from their fate. George Schilling led the
committee and carried horal tribute.
Following them
MARCHED Eight ABREAST
nearly two hundred men of the AurOrs
Turn Vereia OF Which August Spies was
8 member. The whole society was not
out as many members are not ia sym
patty with anarchy. -Four hundred Of
lhe VorwseTt's Turner society came next
wearing red badges on their breasts. This
branch of the Turner'S is more
strongly finctured with socialism than
any in the city. One hundred Of the Yer
Scnreitt branch came next, and then FOL
lowed the feature of the procession. Ii
Has the hearse of August Spies There
Wers no nodding black plunes, bu: the top
was so
COVERED WITH FLORAL TRIBUT,
| that nothing could be seen. Inside wSS
richly covered casket. S .aading out in
| bold relief against the black Jrosdcloth
Of the coflo, was thrown great sash Of
red silk. L was all the more striking
! because no fl)wers had been placed III
side. The crowds On the street cOruar
strained their necks to get p glimpse Of
this hearse in the pageant. Then another
| band wheeled into Lake street playing
/ dUge. Il WAS in fronG CT maE3
hundreds Of members OF the Central
| Labor U1ion, the members CT which Gre
smo the most eX IRENE socialists OF the
city. Behind theGl walsed the black
horses which drew the he8rse in which
la7 the ctffia of Adolph Fischer, he who
yelled "Hurrah for anarchy" the moment
| n9 was hanged. His hesrse had n0g SO
many Il ,wers on Il as did that Of Spies,
but there were enough to show that
although be was poor man his iviioT
socialists had not failed TO remember
him; bat for some reason
no RED SILK EMBLEM
of his fai5h had been thrown ACROSS the
lcsskat. Then came the funerSl carriage
Of A. r. Parsons. o. the bOX by tbs
driver sat man holding E f)ral emblem
of such immense size thai
the inscription OF flowers ''irom
Knights of Lsbor Assembly 1907" could
be seen 100 feet away. This is the as
sembly to which ? !rs0ns belonged u1ti
it vas kicked out OF the order for It's &c
hererce to the cause Of the reds. For The
!! tesson that this WAS the only fl raj plsce
Il on the hearse, 1t attracted 81 the more Ct
tentior. Then there WAS smother ht!li
thing shout Parsons cOfi2-instead OF ;
great sash of red thrown acEoss it, there
was simple strip CT ribbon which m3.
trailed from the head OF the cssket 10 a.
moss TIT center, and was then str1ns
along TIE floor of the 6esrse Until i
: wound Itself
4 INTO LITTLE HEAP
at the foot. SIT is suggestive of ser
uent,'' Was the remark Of the on-lookers
Then came another escort OF the Cen
trail Labor UGion, butchers aGd bzkogs
and representatives Of ail sort
OF trades. Behind these were draw
. the hearses of George Eogel a.
L1ais Lingg. TAey were friends n III
and lived t0gz ther, and il the fauers
q pageant were placed in cl0fe proximity
e Over both black coffias we're The red 0.n
D ners under which the tnEn had tcu2ht
e Several foral pieces were, car lied ct sin
& b7 sGslWsrt men. All t1r ugh hi
i which may be called the fss
: part of the demonstration were carriage
:. lnserepersed containing relatives CT
q friends of the dead anarchists, but III
= original programme WIS changed ia tn
It hurry and confusion OF getting the lin
o together SO that the carriages OF u
q mourners became somewhat mixed,
Il The next feature was the turnout {
: people who followed after the hearse
It. Down from the Viaduct, around the Co
/. nar, into Lake street, they marched
d There were men, there were. women
there were boys aud girls on foot an
b.bss in arms, bands OF music Gpd arm
full OF flowers. In ranks Of four [
70 eight deep they tFsmpsd, husband
q wives, children snd sWeethearts. Tine
10 swung into Lake street,
NOT WORD BEING UTTERED
by those in the ranks Or those on the CO
ners. The respect shown by the polio
"a for those in the psrsde was rem3rk.5l
!, Only eight officers were stationed 81 IL
q historic corner TO keep The crowd bac
y from intruding. A noticeable featul
e. of this part Of the pageant vi
J. the. showing made by two loo
: assemblies O! Knights OF Labor compose
= wholly of women. Esch of these we
sh.me with red. Scarlet in their hat
). bows of crimson at their throsts and lol
d stresmers of crimson from their shoG
l. ders, made the appearance of the VOL
VI women an object Of especial commeu
Ii. In front of them marched MICS Mary Nj
Vi Cormsck, master workman of the organ
Ct cation known IS the Lucy Parsons Assel
u b!y Knights of Labor. She was .ttend'
l. by two others, who carried wreath,
le the top of which YVES attached
~ "A sNow-wHITE DOVE,
the emblem Of peace. Il will be remel
bered that the signal for the gathering